ALLEN, Maryon Pittman, (wife of James Browning Allen),
a Senator from Alabama; born Maryon Pittman in Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss., November 30, 1925; moved to Birmingham, Ala., 1926; educated in
the public schools of Birmingham; attended the University of Alabama;
journalist, editor, writer, and lecturer; appointed chairwoman of the Blair
House Fine Arts Commission by President Gerald R. Ford 1974; appointed on June
8, 1978, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of her husband, James B. Allen, and served from June 8, 1978, to
November 7, 1978; unsuccessful candidate for renomination to the unexpired term
ending January 3, 1981; columnist for The Washington Post 1978-1981; public
relations and advertising director for C.G. Sloan & Co., an antique and
auction firm; owner, Maryon Allen Company (restoration/design), Birmingham; is
a resident of Birmingham, Ala.

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